This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
be2net: fix status check in be_cmd_pmac_add()
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
be2net-fix-status-check-in-be_cmd_pmac_add.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Mon Jul 3 13:37:32 CEST 2017
From: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:38:27 +0100
Subject: be2net: fix status check in be_cmd_pmac_add()
From: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit fe68d8bfe59c561664aa87d827aa4b320eb08895 ]
Return value from be_mcc_notify_wait() contains a base completion status
together with an additional status. The base_status() macro need to be
used to access base status.
Fixes: e3a7ae2 be2net: Changing MAC Address of a VF was broken
Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ int be_cmd_pmac_add(struct be_adapter *a
err:
mutex_unlock(&adapter->mcc_lock);
- if (status == MCC_STATUS_UNAUTHORIZED_REQUEST)
+ if (base_status(status) == MCC_STATUS_UNAUTHORIZED_REQUEST)
status = -EPERM;
return status;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from cera@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/be2net-don-t-delete-mac-on-close-on-unprivileged-be3-vfs.patch
queue-4.9/be2net-fix-status-check-in-be_cmd_pmac_add.patch
queue-4.9/be2net-fix-mac-addr-setting-on-privileged-be3-vfs.patch